MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-2682

Ophiobyrsa perrieri Lyman, 1883

Holotype of Ophiobyrsa perrieri

Date Collected:

1880-02-01/1880-05-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | 3.3 miles SE by E. 1/2 E. from Santiago de Cuba Light

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:OPH-2682 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ophiobyrsa perrieri Lyman, 1883 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Ophiomyxidae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1883
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1883, page 271, Holotype of Ophiobyrsa perrieri Lyman, 1883 Plate II figures 4-6

  • station number: 5
  • station number: V

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-19
Remarks: Localities vetted
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 3.3 miles SE by E. 1/2 E. from Santiago de Cuba Light
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 3.3 miles SE by E. 1/2 E. from Santiago de Cuba Light
  • Depth:
  • 288 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 19.9722440°, -75.672061° (Error radius: 4134m) By: Penny Benson on 2021-03-19 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1880-02-01 / 1880-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Feb- May 1880
  • Collectors:
  • John R. Bartlett; USCSS Blake Expeditions

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